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. >>> republican leaders are laying down a new challenge for president obama and democrats over tax cuts and the national debt. >> and that could mean another ugly confrontation is coming just in time for the november election. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning, erica and charlie. yes, ugly is right. two parties are still fighting over the fallout from the last debt debate. now republican house speaker john boehner is drawing a new line in the sand, making another showdown over the debt almost inevitable. >> we shouldn't dread the debt limit. as a matter of fact, i think we should welcome it. >> reporter: speaker boehner said republicans won't allow another increase in the nation's debt limit unless it's offset by spending cuts and no tax increases. >> allowing america to default on its debt would be irresponsible. >> reporter: the nation's debt has tripled in the past decade and now stands at $15.6 trillion. the treasury secretary has predicted the u.s. will hit its current borrowing limit of $16.4 trillion by the end of the year. congress will have to raise
. >>> republican leaders are laying down a new challenge for president obama and democrats over tax cuts and the national debt. >> and that could mean another ugly confrontation is coming just in time for the november election. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. good morning. >> good morning, erica and charlie. yes, ugly is right. two parties are still fighting over the fallout from the last debt debate. now republican house speaker john boehner is drawing a new line in the...
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everybody talked about the europeans willing to cut off oil. but that oil cutoff will not occur until july 1st. it will have some exceptions as i understand it for greece, spain and portugal. it will grandfather existing contracts. that doesn't sound quite as serious as an effort really to cut off the central bank, cut off the access to this swift financial clearing facility in europe and really put all the pressure in terms of sanctions now. i think that kind of more vigorous effort to pressure the regime and then the second question, charlie, is really how are the iranian people reacting to this? how are they reacting to what's happening in their region. will assad fall in syria and, if so, when the presidential election this is iran comes up in the middle of 2013 and the regime once again tries to fix the outcome of that election, will the people stand for it in iran. those are the questions we need to discuss >> thank you, stephen, good to see you. >> nice to see you, sir. >>> this underwear bomber will be sentenced today in a court. umar f
everybody talked about the europeans willing to cut off oil. but that oil cutoff will not occur until july 1st. it will have some exceptions as i understand it for greece, spain and portugal. it will grandfather existing contracts. that doesn't sound quite as serious as an effort really to cut off the central bank, cut off the access to this swift financial clearing facility in europe and really put all the pressure in terms of sanctions now. i think that kind of more vigorous effort to...
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obama demanded republicans raise the debt ceiling this month without any spending cut strings attached. >> if congress in any way suggests they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes, and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, i will not play that game. because we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> reporter: the president sees the fiscal cliff showdown as an opportunity to break that linkage for good. republicans say they will not increase the debt ceiling now $16 trillion and due to expire in february without more deficit reduction. >> history shows the only major deficit cutting deals we ever do around here, ever, comes after debates over the debt ceiling. it may be a good idea if you don't care about the debt, but it's a non-starter for those of us who do. >> reporter: public opinion generally is on the president's side, but republicans in the house are not paralyzed or perilous, more unified behind speaker boehner than a year ago. why is this important? the white house is beginning to notice and now believe there is a de
obama demanded republicans raise the debt ceiling this month without any spending cut strings attached. >> if congress in any way suggests they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes, and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation, i will not play that game. because we've got to break that habit before it starts. >> reporter: the president sees the fiscal cliff showdown as an opportunity to break that linkage for good. republicans say they...
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the american people may not have thought president obama was a fiscal conservative reducing the size of government but this has been a showing that neither is this president. and it's got to end now. we've got to in congress not just talk about cutting budgets, we've got to show how you can really bring austerity, reasonable austerity to the federal work force. las vegas wasn't an example of it. >> congressman issa, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> great to see you here, too. >>> a powerful storm front is moving toward the great lakes. on sunday it caused an extraordinary tornado outbreak in the midwest. more than 120 tornadoes were reported in five states over the weekend. it was such a dangerous system, forecasters warned people more than 24 hours in advance. officials say those early warnings did save lives. early sunday, though, one of the tornadoes killed six people, including three children in the small town of woodward, oklahoma. dean reynolds is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what you see behind me is some of the worst damage to be foun
the american people may not have thought president obama was a fiscal conservative reducing the size of government but this has been a showing that neither is this president. and it's got to end now. we've got to in congress not just talk about cutting budgets, we've got to show how you can really bring austerity, reasonable austerity to the federal work force. las vegas wasn't an example of it. >> congressman issa, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> great...
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republicans want the president to commit to spending cuts. then they'll talk about raising taxes next year in the context of tax reform but neither side trusts each other's motives or willingness to cut a deal. that lack of trust as well as a lack of shared history of cutting deals is what's blocking progress and preventing a compromise. charlie and gayle. >>> major garrett, thanks. >>> this morning in london the coroner's office entered the prognosis of the nurse who was part of the prank. >> charlie daggett is outside of the coroner's court. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, good morning to you, gayle. british police confirmed this morning that the bodies of jacintha saldanha was found hanging from a scarf. the mother of two was discovered by a colleague and a security guard early friday morning. police said they also discovered injuries to her wrists although at this point they're not going into any more detail or elaborating on that. they found three notes, two close to her body. at this point they will not elaborate on the content
republicans want the president to commit to spending cuts. then they'll talk about raising taxes next year in the context of tax reform but neither side trusts each other's motives or willingness to cut a deal. that lack of trust as well as a lack of shared history of cutting deals is what's blocking progress and preventing a compromise. charlie and gayle. >>> major garrett, thanks. >>> this morning in london the coroner's office entered the prognosis of the nurse who was part...